PhpStorm is a cross-platform, IDE (Integrated Development Environment) that delivers a deep integration with WordPress. Come learn how to: Navigate WordPress core like a pro Automatically format your code according to WordPress coding standards Automatically scan your code for issues Utilize advanced debugging capabilities Integrate with tools like Git, Vagrant, Composer, PHPUnit and WP-CLI Easily…… Read More
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Validating, Sanitizing and Escaping in WordPress Themes and Plugins
How secure is your WordPress theme or plugin? Are you confident that you have protected yourself, your clients or your users against the most common hacks? Validating, sanitizing and escaping are techniques that are foundational to the security of your website, application or software product. Learn how WordPress makes it easy for you to secure…… Read More
Advanced WordPress Plugin Development
Developing or maintaining plugins that are used by large audiences requires a certain degree of fool-proofing and forward-thinking. Beyond best practices, there are a number of architecture considerations that impact ease of maintenance, usability and your ability to provide higher levels of support. We will explore a number of high-volume plugins and what they have…… Read More
The WordPress Way
Learn how to properly utilize WordPress functions for plugin and theme development. “The WordPress Way” was presented at WordCamp Atlanta 2014.
7 Habits of Highly Effective WordPress Developers
If you are just learning how to code, or are a seasoned developer, there are some important habits that will serve you well during your WordPress development career. Beyond the high-level approach of Stephen Covey’s “7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, this presentation will walk you through 7 practical things you can do to become…… Read More
Doing AJAX in WordPress
Preview of presentation: WordPress makes AJAX easy and all too often developers write their own code for handling AJAX. The purpose of this presentation is to walk developers through the process of implementing basic AJAX functionality in themes and plugins. Topics covered will include best practices, client-side AJAX requests via jQuery, server-side processing of requests with WordPress action…… Read More
WordPress Shortcodes
Shortcodes are commonplace in WordPress themes, plugins and even WordPress core. Whether you are a new developer looking to implement a shortcode for the first time, or are a seasoned pro; come join us as we delve into the pros, cons, gotchas, best practices and creative approaches to shortcodes. What are they? A shortcode is…… Read More
Getting Started with Vagrant
Learn how Vagrant, a tool for creating portable development environments, can help you: Easily setup a local development environment Match your local development environment to production and avoid surprises during deployment. Share development environments with team members and get new team members up and running in record time. Easily deploy code by using providers and…… Read More